Bound
Bound is a 1996 American neo-noir erotic crime thriller film written and directed by the Wachowskis in their feature film directorial debut. It stars Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon and Joe Pantoliano. The film centers on Violet (Tilly), a gun moll who longs to escape her relationship with her mobster boyfriend Caesar (Pantoliano), enters into a clandestine affair with alluring ex-con Corky (Gershon), and the two women hatch a scheme to steal $2 million of Mafia money. This was also John P. Ryan's final appearance before he died in 2007.
Plot
Corky, a lesbian ex-con, is hired as a painter and plumber at a Chicago apartment building. She encounters Violet and Caesar, the couple who live next door to the apartment she is renovating. While Caesar is gone, Violet seduces Corky. They are interrupted by Caesar and Corky returns to work. When she leaves for the day, Violet follows Corky to her truck, and they have sex in Corky's apartment. The next morning, Violet tells Corky that Caesar is a money launderer for the Mafia and that they have been together for five years.
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author | Lana Wachowski Lilly Wachowski |
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award | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3405870 |
director | Lana Wachowski Lilly Wachowski |
editor | Zach Staenberg |
events | organized crime |
genre | crime thriller |
keywords | apartment building build car accident cell phone chicago discover drive embezzle embezzlement force frame glenlivet italian-american mafia lesbian lesbianism mafia boss money launderer money laundering morning new life pick up the glenlivet distillery torture |
musicBy | Don Davis |
producer | Andrew Lazar Stuart Boros |
productionCompany | Dino De Laurentiis Company Spelling Films |
publisher | Gramercy Pictures Summit Entertainment |
recordedAt | Los Angeles Vernon |
theme | erotic thriller feminist heist independent mafia neo-noir romantic thriller |